Dance

Peter and the Wolf

Music by Prokofiev, choreography by Matthew Hart

Geisha

Choreography by Kenneth Tindall; music by Alexandra Harwood

Final Edition: Bari / Isthmus / Mazur / Shine On / A Far Cry / Voices and Light Footsteps

Choreography Richard Alston, Martin Lawrance, music Ta Travudia, Jo Kondo, Ch...

Acosta Danza Evolution

Choreographers: Pontus Lindberg, María Rovira, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Christop...

Swan Lake

Choreography Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, production & additional choreograp...

Swan Lake

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Red Shoes

Choreography by Matthew Bourne and music by Bernard Herrmann, based on the fi...

Revisor

Choreography and direction Crystal Pite, text Jonathon Young

Transitions Dance Company Triple Bill 2020

Return to Heaven

Mark Bruce

13 Tongues / Dust

Choreography Cheng Tsung-lung, Lin Hwai-min, music Lim Giong, Dmitri Shostako...

Black Waters

Choreography by Sharon Watson, Shambik Ghose and Dr Mitul Sengupta; composer ...

Isadora Now: A Triple Bill

Alina at Sadler’s Wells

Choreography Tim Rushton, Juliano Nunes, Johan Kobborg, Frederick Ashton

Figures in a Floating Landscape

Concept and choreography by Dora Frankel; concept and music by Peter Coyte

Dances at a Gathering / The Cellist

Choreography Jerome Robbins, Cathy Marston, music Chopin, Philip Feeney

Synergy

Choreography Jenny MacNamara, Jakob Myers, Frederick Ashton, Marius Petipa / ...

Acosta Danza Up Close: El cruce sobre el Niágara / Impronta / Soledad / Mundo Interpretado / Two

Choreography Marianela Boán, Maria Rovira, Rafael Bonachela, Juliano Nunes, R...

Bluebeard. While Listening to a Tape Recording of Béla Bartók’s “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle”

Choreography Pina Bausch, music Béla Bartók, libretto Béla Balázs

Black Waters

Choreographed by Sharon Watson, Shambik Ghose and Dr Mitul Sengupta

maliphantworks3: The Space Between / Films One & Two / Duet

Choreography and direction Russell Maliphant

Message in a Bottle

Kate Prince

Mám

Michael Keegan-Dolan (with company)

Sampled

Living Spit's Swan Lake

Howard Coggins and Stu Mcloughlin

Ballet Icons Gala

Aisha and Abhaya

Director Kibwe Tavares, choreography Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar, music and sound...

Onegin

Choreography John Cranko, music Tchaikovsky / Kurt-Heinz Stolze

70th Anniversary Gala Celebration

Le Corsaire

Choreography Anna-Marie Holmes (after Marius Petipa and Konstantin Sergeyev),...

The Nutcracker

E T A Hoffman, music by Tchaikovsky

Polunin Romeo & Juliet at Royal Albert Hall rescheduled

After the enforced postponement of the original date, Sergei Polunin’s company, Polunin Ink, has rescheduled this one-night-only performance for May 2021.

More Royal Opera House free productions online

In addition to previously announced free broadcasts, the Royal Opera House has announced the next in the series of productions to be available to watch online.

BalletBoyz Deluxe on BBC Four and online

BalletBoyz’ new dance show Deluxe will air on BBC Four for the BBC Culture in Quarantine festival and then be available online to launch Sadler’s Wells Facebook Premieres.

Sadler’s Wells takes to the Digital Stage

Sadler’s Wells has released new dance content and workshops on Digital Stage, its free online performance platform, following the cancellation of shows due to COVID-19.

A digital festival of dance from Leicester

Let’s Dance International Frontiers, the annual dance festival in Leicester, is going ahead online with a digital festival of dance.

Free online ballet and opera from Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House has announced a free programme of curated online broadcasts, musical masterclasses and cultural insights on Facebook and YouTube.

Slater to drive Derby dance centre Déda

A new director has been appointed to drive forward Déda, Derby’s creative centre for dance, contemporary circus and outdoor performance.

balletLORENT cancels tour

balletLORENT has cancelled its tour of The Lost Happy Endings.

BBC Arts announces 2020 dance season

The BBC Arts 2020 dance season, will feature live performances filmed at Sadler’s Wells and the Royal Opera House, specially commissioned films and explorations of dance and the country’s leading dance practitioners.

Carlos's Evolution for Salford

Ballet superstar Carlos Acosta and his company of young Cuban dancers embarks on a ten-venue nationwide tour, which brings Evolution to The Lowry in Salford.

Birmingham dance festival: theme of togetherness

A “rich and diverse programme” is promised including events for dance industry professionals in Birmingham International Dance Festival (BIDF 2020).

Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards 2020

The Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards celebrated their 20th anniversary this year on 19 February 2020 at the Barbican in London.

Call for applications for Cohan residency programme

The Cohan Collective artists’ residency programme 2020 is inviting choreographers, composers and dancers to apply.

Hippodrome gives seat plaque to Matthew Bourne

Birmingham Hippodrome has presented Sir Matthew Bourne with a commemorative seat plaque celebrating his productions playing to a total of more than 200,000 people since 1996.

Customs House selected for national programme

South Shields’ Customs House has been chosen to take part in the Future Arts Centres Here and Now project.

Lost Happy Endings in Darlington starts tour

balletLORENT begins a national tour of The Lost Happy Endings at Darlington Hippodrome.

Acosta announces plans for Birmingham Royal Ballet 2020-21

Less than a month into his new job as Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Carlos Acosta has announced plans for world premières, classic revivals and new partnerships in his first year as Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet.

ENB premières Akram Khan's Creature

Choreographer Akram Khan will create a second full-length production for English National Ballet following Giselle in 2016.

Polunin and Cojocaru in new Romeo and Juliet at Albert Hall

For one night only Sergei Polunin and Alina Cojocaru will perform in Johan Kobborg's Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Albert Hall.

Ballet world première for Manchester

English National Ballet will create a new version of the classic 19th century ballet Raymonda to be given a world première in Manchester.

Royal Ballet continues Emerging Choreographer Programme

The Royal Ballet is to continue its commitment to developing choreographic talent with the recruitment of new resident Emerging Choreographer.

Andrew McNicol launches of new UK ballet company

From Life marks the launch of McNicol Ballet Collective, a new ballet company founded by choreographer Andrew McNicol, at Bloomsbury Theatre, London.

Rojo's first ballet in ENB season

English National Ballet artistic director Tamara Rojo's will direct and choreograph her first ballet, Raymonda, after Marius Petipa, which will première in Manchester before a UK tour.

Acosta Danza's Evolution UK tour

As ballet superstar Carlos Acosta takes up the reins at Birmingham Royal Ballet, his company of Cuban dancers embarks on a ten-venue nationwide tour of its latest programme, Evolution.

National tour for graduate dancers

The UK’s original graduate dance company, Transitions Dance, presents an eclectic programme of new work.

Bourne's Nutcracker back at Lowry

Matthew Bourne’s take on The Nutcracker visits The Lowry, Salford.

Saint Petersburg Ballet to Chester

Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet returns to Storyhouse in Chester with Swan Lake.

Spring into summer at Dance City

Newcastle’s Dance City has announced its 2020 spring / summer programme.

Salfordly Comes Dancing!

The Lowry in Salford hosts a plethora of dance, from ballet to hip hop, through to March.

International dance festival returns to Leicester

Serendipity, the diversity-led arts organisation based in Leicester, is celebrating ten years of curating the Let’s Dance International Frontiers festival.